Hello, How do I make eth0 configure itself automatically whenever a network cable is inserted? Or otherwise configure the network at the request of a user?
My laptop is usually connected to a DHCP LAN, either at home or at work. However, I sometimes use it outside this environement and have no network cable attached. If I have my eth0 configured to set itself up automatically in /etc/networks/devices/eth0 it takes several minutes for it to boot up and time out whenever pump can't reach the DHCP server... Thus I have configured it so it won't start automatically, and run 'sudo ifup eth0' whenever I access the net. This used to work like a charm, until I installed the KDE2 environment and all the sudden my girlfriend could use the laptop too. :) So, every time she boots it I have to go over there and start eth0 for her and it's becoming a PITA. I don't want to give her neither root or sudo (not even if I restrict the sudo to the 'ifup' command). I've pondered if I should make a suided program that runs ifup and put an icon on the desktop she could click, but that seems like a hassle too. Is there a better way to this? Some kind of notification that a network cable has been inserted and then the device is configured directly from there? TIA //Humming
